Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to determine the opinions of primary school teachers, principals and education supervisors regarding the guidance of education supervisors on the teachersʹ professional development. These views are compared with each other in terms of gender, branch and seniority variables. The research group of the study was composed of 361 teachers and 109 principals working in public schools from three central districts of Samsun province and 48 primary school supervisors from the same region. The ʺSurvey Modelʺ is used in the study. The data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics, the t test, Mann‐Whitney U test and the Kruskal‐Wallis test. According to the findings of the research, while primary school teachers and principals reported that primary school supervisors’ guidance was “low‐level” or “medium‐level”, primary school supervisors stated that their guidance was “high‐level”. In addition, no significant differences were detected between the opinions of teachers and principals in terms of gender, professional seniority and branch variables as well as seniority variables in administration. No significant difference was observed between the opinions of primary school supervisors in terms of gender, branch and seniority, whereas in professional seniority variables, this significant difference was observed.

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